ZAMBIA has lost one of the most unusual, courageous and intellectually honest political figures to have served this Republic. Dr Guy Scott was never a conventional politician. He was too blunt for comfort, too sarcastic for diplomacy and too intelligent for ordinary politics. But beneath that difficult exterior was a man who believed in Zambia and served Zambia. At a defining moment in our history, he held Zambia together when weaker men would have surrendered the Republic to factional confusion. The world will remember him as the white Zambian who briefly became acting President after the death of president Michael Sata in 2014, making history as Africa’s first white Head of State in decades. But Zambia must remember him for...